Barge separated from tug wreckage in Louisiana bayou

Barge carrying 92,000 gallons of oil

A pipeline burns after a collision involving the tug boat Shanon E. Setton, near Bayou Perot 30 miles south of New Orleans, March 15, 2013.

SOURCE: USCG

Barge separated from tug wreckage in Louisiana bayou

Barge carrying 92,000 gallons of oil

Updated: 3:07 PM CDT Mar 15, 2013

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NEW ORLEANS, La. —

The Coast Guard says a salvage company has separated a barge carrying tens of thousands of gallons of oil from the wreckage of a tugboat that struck a gas pipeline in a coastal Louisiana bayou, triggering a massive fire.